The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,688.80 up with +0.14% percent or +9.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,065.80 up with -0.32% percent or -19.70 point. The DAX Futures is trading at 15,050.50 up with +0.11% or +16.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,878.00 up with +0.31% percent or +12.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
London stocks finished below the waterline on Wednesday, with little in the way of corporate news to drive markets, as investors mulled the latest UK GDP reading.
The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.86% at 6,713.63, and the FTSE 250 was off 0.26% at 21.518.71.
Sterling was in the green against its major trading pairs, last rising 0.49% on the dollar to $1.3808, and advancing 0.19% against the euro to change hands at €1.1750.
YESTERDAY ACTIVITY
For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,713.63 with a loss of -0.86%percent or -58.49 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,067.23 with a loss of -0.34%percent or ?20.81 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,008.34 with a loss of -0.0018% percent or -0.27 point.
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 32,981.55 with a loss of -0.26%percent or ?85.41 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,972.89 up with +0.36% percent or +14.34 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,246.87 up with +1.54% percent or +201.48 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,388.87 up with +0.72%percent or +210.07 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,792.90 up with 1.46% percent or +414.55 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,467.30 up with +0.74% percent or +25.39 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,598.29 up with percent or +89.14 point at 12:15 PM.